A Geographical Index of
Marcum/Markham People and Events

by Ralph D. Clark

This index links to further information and sources for individuals or families who are associated with a particular place.

American Colonies and United States

Alabama	Arkansas	Georgia	Indiana	Kentucky
Mississippi	Missouri	North Carolina	Tennessee	Virginia

Kentucky

Breathitt	Clay	Clinton	Crittenden	Gallatin	Green	Hart
Knox	Laurel	Lawrence	Livingston	Owsley	Union	Wayne

Breathitt County

Created 1839 from Clay, Estill, Perry.

• By 1850 Alfred Marcum had settled in Breathitt County.

Created 1807 from Madison, Floyd, Knox.

• In the early 1800s Thomas Marcum settled on Cow Creek in Clay County.

Created 1836 from Wayne, Cumberland.

• Descendants of John Marcum of Wayne County were in Clinton County before 1850.

Created 1842 from Livingston.

• George Marcum may have resided in the spun off portion of Livingston County in 1842. James Markham came from Missouri around 1846.

Created 1799 from Franklin, Shelby.

• Lewis Markham and William Markham were early landowners in Gallatin County.
• Arthur Marcum married twice in Gallatin County, into the Furnish and Robertson families.
• Anderson Marcum was married in 1839 and taxed in 1840 in Gallatin County. In 1850 he was in Franklin Co. IN, where he said he was born in "Carolina."
• John Markum and Thomas S. Markum were also taxed in 1840. Thomas was married in 1842 in Gallatin County.
• By 1850 they were all gone, and John Markham, age 80, born in Virginia, and William Markham, born in 1825 in Kentucky, had arrived. The only namesake of the former of similar age is John Markham, son of Bernard.

Created 1793 from Lincoln, Nelson.

• The Marcum family was in Green County by 1809.

Created 1819 from Hardin, Barren, possibly Green.

• Jasper Markham and Thomas N. Markham were in Hart County before 1850.

Created 1800 from Lincoln.

• Jonathan Marcum married a Craig in 1842 and raised a family.

Created 1826 from Whitley, Clay, Knox, Rockcastle.

• Jesse Marcum brought his family from Virginia around 1845.

G. W. Marcum may have resided in the portion of Livingston County that was spun off to form Crittenden County in 1842. William Markham was in the county in 1840.

Created 1798 from Christian.

Owsley County

Created 1843 from Clay, Estill, Breathitt.

• In the early 1800s Thomas Marcum settled on Cow Creek in Clay County. When Owsley County was broken off, Thomas and some of his family came along.

Union County

Created 1811 from Henderson.

• John Markham and Allen Markham came from Stafford County, VA to Union County before 1820.

Wayne County

Created 1801 from Pulaski, Cumberland.

• John Marcum and his family were early settlers of Wayne County.

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